Cultural

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

CCS partnered with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on its 50th Anniversary Endowment Campaign, which raised more than $55 million. CCS also assisted Ailey with its first campaign that raised $78 million to fund the construction of a new facility and seed the endowment.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

In 2008, CCS conducted a feasibility and strategic planning study for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and managed the comprehensive campaign, An Incomparable Sound. A Cultural Treasure., through early 2011. NJSO celebrated the close of its campaign in June 2012, raising more than $35 million on a goal of $32 million.

Crocker Art Museum

CCS assisted the Crocker Art Museum with its capital campaign to build a 125,000-square-foot expansion, which provides three times more gallery space dedicated for the viewing of the Museum's renowned permanent collection. In addition to improving the museum, the campaign changed the cultural and philanthropic landscape in the Sacramento region.

Nashville Symphony Orchestra

CCS assisted the Nashville Symphony with their endowment campaign, Sustaining Greatness. The campaign helped raise new capital to restore the Schermerhorn Symphony Center after the May 2010 flood while also fortifying resources for artistic initiatives, music education and community engagement programs. More than $22 million was raised.

Weill Hall (Green Music Center) at Sonoma State University

Weill Hall at the Green Music Center offers a peerless venue with superb acoustics. CCS is pleased to be working with Sonoma State University to accelerate their capital, programmatic and annual fundraising operations to help build a place where the world of the arts and ideas thrives.

New-York Historical Society

CCS provided development office management services to the New-York Historical Society as it prepared for its grand reopening in late 2011. In 2004, CCS also assisted the Historical Society in generating more than $7.6 million to present the groundbreaking exhibition, Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America.

Utah Symphony & Opera

CCS is currently working with the Utah Symphony & Opera to increase the endowment by a substantial amount and add to annual operating needs. More than $18 million has been raised to-date.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)

CCS managed and restructured USHMM's development operations and evaluated the potential for a campaign. CCS has assisted the Museum in the quiet phase of its $540 million comprehensive campaign, which includes more than $125 million raised towards a $200 million endowment goal.